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The half-day strike at the College of Ripon and York St John will take place on Thursday. It follows changes to the curriculum, which means it will concentrate on management studies, sports science, film and television studies and drama at the expense of geography, environmental science and perhaps history.

Twenty-two staff are taking up a severance offer and a further seven will be made redundant, four this year and three next.

Alan John, branch secretary of Natfhe, said: "If the college showed some flexibility over the next four or five years, it could live up to its image of a church college that cares for its staff."

At the University of Northumbria, lecturers voted 220 to 71 in favour of industrial action after the university proposed a 7 per cent reduction in staff numbers. From next week, lecturers will refuse to mark assessments and attend exam board meetings. There will also be an overtime ban.